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'Europe Does Not See Us As Human': Stranded Refugees Struggle In Greece

Amal Adwan, a 47-year-old teacher from Damascus, Syria, must stay on Lesbos until she exhausts all appeals for her asylum request, which was denied on the basis that Turkey is a safe country. "Syrians face discrimination in Turkey," she says. "We cannot find work, and if we do, they don't pay us." (Daphne Tolis for NPR)
Amal Adwan, a 47-year-old teacher from Damascus, Syria, must stay on Lesbos until she exhausts all appeals for her asylum request, which was denied on the basis that Turkey is a safe country. "Syrians face discrimination in Turkey," she says. "We cannot find work, and if we do, they don't pay us." (Daphne Tolis for NPR)

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